The Dominion of Weast is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Lord Ruler with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.174 billion Weastians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sorth. The average income tax rate is 87.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Weastian economy, worth 128 trillion Clips a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 109,439 Clips, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Weast's national animal is the Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Weast is ranked 25,955^th in the world and 52^nd in The Frontier Sea for Lowest Crime Rates, with 89.87 law-abiding acts per hour.